"Blue Valentine" (2010)

"Blue Valentine" (2010)

AP Photo/The Weinstein Company

The MPAA initially gave "Blue Valentine" an NC-17 rating due to a scene depicting oral sex on a woman. Ryan Gosling (right) accused the association of sexism because other films have depicted oral sex on men and received R ratings. The film's distributor, The Weinstein Company, appealed for an R rating without cutting any scenes and was successful.

The MPAA initially gave "Blue Valentine" an NC-17 rating due to a scene depicting oral sex on a woman. Ryan Gosling (right) accused the association of sexism because other films have depicted oral sex on men and received R ratings. The film's distributor, The Weinstein Company, appealed for an R rating without cutting any scenes and was successful. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company)

The MPAA initially gave "Blue Valentine" an NC-17 rating due to a scene depicting oral sex on a woman. Ryan Gosling (right) accused the association of sexism because other films have depicted oral sex on men and received R ratings. The film's distributor, The Weinstein Company, appealed for an R rating without cutting any scenes and was successful.